Transfer to target disambiguation
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsPhilip Lee Childs, Michael Terrell Vanover, Hui Wang, Shaowei Chen
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Abstract
An aspect provides a method, including: ascertaining, at a first device, a request to transfer media data to another device; determining, at the first device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request; providing, at the first device, a disambiguation cue to a user; ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data; and transferring the media data to the target device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- ascertaining, at a first device, a request to transfer media data to another device;
- determining, at the first device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request;
- providing, at the first device, a disambiguation cue to a user;
- ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data;
- and
- transferring the media data to the target device.
An information handling device, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- ascertaining, at the information handling device, a request to transfer media data to another device;
- determining, at the information handling device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request;
- providing, at the information handling device, a disambiguation cue to a user;
- ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data;
- and
- transferring the media data to the target device.
A program product, comprising:
- a storage medium having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code comprising:
- computer program code configured to ascertain, at a first device, a request to transfer media data to another device;
- computer program code configured to determine, at the first device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request;
- computer program code configured to provide, at the first device, a disambiguation cue to a user;
- computer program code configured to ascertain via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data;
- and
- computer program code configured to transfer the media data to the target device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.